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Our core mission is to build community and enrich the lives of Western Queens residents by providing caring, quality services to meet their social, health, educational, and recreational needs and thereby strengthen this multicultural community. Our vision is to be a pioneer in the provision of integrated services that address the complex and changing needs of the community. Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) was started by a group of older residents in 1974, as a tiny senior center in a church basement, to give older residents “a place to go.” Responding to community needs over the years, we have grown to become the largest community-based social service agency in Western Queens, now reaching over 15,000 residents who range in age from five to 95 (and over). The Senior Center now has a roster of more than 2,000 members and provides services to many more seniors during the course of a year. Other services for older adults include adult day programs for physically frail seniors and one for seniors with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive impairments. In 1975 volunteers began a program of visits and telephone reassurance to homebound neighbors. This program grew and became incorporated as Sunnyside Home Care Project (SHCP), a licensed home care agency that now provides 53,000 hours of health and home care services each week to 1,500 homebound residents of Western Queens. Volunteers still visit and call frail seniors--and more than 180 volunteers each year now provide assistance in all of our programs. Programs for children and teenagers started in 1983, at PS 199, with a small after-school program and “Summer in the Parks.” As recently as 1995 we still were serving only about 300 children, but since then our programs have expanded to five sites, including a Beacon Community Center and more than 2,500 participants from five to 21 years of age. In 1989 we were elected to membership as a settlement house under the umbrella of United Neighborhood Houses of New York. As a settlement, we proudly participate in a rich tradition of social reform that originated in England in the late 1880s and continued in the United States in response to the influx of immigrants at the turn of the last century. Through personal involvement with individuals and families, settlements help residents gain the power to make choices about the direction of their lives and the affairs of their communities. We are proud of our adherence to settlement house philosophy and values, and in the many award-winning programs we have developed to address current community needs.Ronald Cavalier, President Judith Zangwill, Executive Director |
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